Normally, if you want to have professional designers custom build your site, you must be prepared to dish out at least a thousand dollars and more. All this can change if you know where to find the best deals, the best designs for the lowest price. Here’s a rough guide:

First, is it really necessary for you to hire a web design company (with more than 1 employee) to build your website? Have you ever seen those advertisements in newspaper classified ad sections that offer a 5-page website at $1999? These companies are established companies with physical locations, therefore they have to increase the amount they charge to pay off some overheads: office rent, designer’s and employee wages, advertising costs and so on.

Therefore, it would be wise to find freelance designers — instead of design companies — to develop your website. These people are often working from their home office so they do not have a high operation cost like that of a company. Are freelance designers a bad choice to go with? No, that’s not really the case. On the other hand, they will be able to design images with quality similar to those of designers from big companies, so it’s a “no-brainer” choice.

However, choose freelancers with care. Make sure they are reliable freelance web developers. I am a freelance web designer and I stand behind my work. If you have doubts about my services, please feel free to read the testimonials from some of my clients.

Another route you can take is to design your website yourself. You’ll just have to spend a lot of time working on your website. You have to think of a design concept and draw it out on the computer, then use your programming skills to make that into a complete, working website. It’s a lot of work and takes a lot of time.

However, if you don’t have the time nor the patience to do this that’s what I’m here for. Are you looking for a freelance web designer? Contact me with your project details and I’ll respond with a quote accordingly.